I have officially surrendered. After much persuasion from my sister I have created a myspace page. So if you're here via myspace - welcome. For those of you who get our regular emails, I know we keep saying that we update the website more often then we send messages and now it's been almost a month since one of us last posted. Well, we've been busy and nothing much has happened. Ryan wants to write on the technical developments in the gardens. (He's the details guy, I tend to do the human interest stories.) Fortunately, he's been too busy working. I usually chime in twice a month when something amusing or interesting happens.
Nothing interesting or amusing has happened.
The chickens grew more, they are almost full size now. The cats, the rat and the dog are happy. The garden is growing, weeds need pulling, and we now officially in maintenance mode. This is when you look back and say, "Well, it seemed like a well thought out plan at the bar last night." Watering, weeding, and pruning are all more work then we thought they'd be. Our gardens are the culmination of many nights carefully planning, budgeting, debating, researching, and then drinking copious amounts of homemade wine before ordering plants and seeds online. Oops! Now we have to weed the beds we made.
We just returned from a whirlwind trip, visiting family in Texas. We had a lot of fun, and now I have an obscene amount of pictures to process and burn to disk. To add to the chaos, my father is coming to visit with my stepmother and brother for the holiday. I should mention that they are also brining their new puppy. I'm excited, but this also means I now have three days to whip the house and the gardens into presentable shape. I also have a BIG and stressful week at my top secret government job, hint hint it's the end of the fiscal year. I'm up for the challenge, but it means that we might be a bit quiet around here. (Now that I've said that, chances are we'll post 8 times over the next week.)
We did make a batch of sage jelly, but I haven't even tried it yet to know how it tastes. Ryan bottled some beer, and we had another round of sprouts go off. (Note to self: put sprouts in fridge before leaving for the weekend.) We still need to move the chicken house outside and install the gate in Fort Chicken.
In internet news, three of the great garden bloggers have teamed up to create an uber blog, Garden Rant. If you haven't been go check it out, these gals are great writers and gardeners. I have already tolled the virtues of Michele Owens of Sign of the Shovel fame, but Amy Stewart (Dirt) and Susan Harris (Tacoma Gardener) are wonderful too. Cheers ladies and thanks for giving us gardeners something to read about!
Reaping what I sowed,
Gretchen
Nothing interesting or amusing has happened.
The chickens grew more, they are almost full size now. The cats, the rat and the dog are happy. The garden is growing, weeds need pulling, and we now officially in maintenance mode. This is when you look back and say, "Well, it seemed like a well thought out plan at the bar last night." Watering, weeding, and pruning are all more work then we thought they'd be. Our gardens are the culmination of many nights carefully planning, budgeting, debating, researching, and then drinking copious amounts of homemade wine before ordering plants and seeds online. Oops! Now we have to weed the beds we made.We just returned from a whirlwind trip, visiting family in Texas. We had a lot of fun, and now I have an obscene amount of pictures to process and burn to disk. To add to the chaos, my father is coming to visit with my stepmother and brother for the holiday. I should mention that they are also brining their new puppy. I'm excited, but this also means I now have three days to whip the house and the gardens into presentable shape. I also have a BIG and stressful week at my top secret government job, hint hint it's the end of the fiscal year. I'm up for the challenge, but it means that we might be a bit quiet around here. (Now that I've said that, chances are we'll post 8 times over the next week.)
We did make a batch of sage jelly, but I haven't even tried it yet to know how it tastes. Ryan bottled some beer, and we had another round of sprouts go off. (Note to self: put sprouts in fridge before leaving for the weekend.) We still need to move the chicken house outside and install the gate in Fort Chicken.
In internet news, three of the great garden bloggers have teamed up to create an uber blog, Garden Rant. If you haven't been go check it out, these gals are great writers and gardeners. I have already tolled the virtues of Michele Owens of Sign of the Shovel fame, but Amy Stewart (Dirt) and Susan Harris (Tacoma Gardener) are wonderful too. Cheers ladies and thanks for giving us gardeners something to read about!
Reaping what I sowed,Gretchen